The object was to be a sort of Maxwell's Demon and get all 6 balls on to your opponent's side as quickly as possible. This was no small feat with the small holes, balls flitting about everywhere, knocking in to one another, etc. However, despite that, most games were in fact less than a minute long, allowing for, well, ping-pong style scoring.

Gnip Gnop was one of the games that I never had (but lusted after insatiably) and had to play at friend's houses. It was only much later I realized the profound thermodynamicovertones of the game play.